Core Planning Reasoning
The proposed development is refused due to its excessive scale, design, and bulk, particularly the front projecting gable which breaks the established building line and creates an overbearing impact on the adjacent southern property, while also potentially extending an existing unauthorized structure.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The front projecting gable fails to integrate with the terrace of dwellings and results in a significant overbearing impact on the adjacent southern property.
- The overall scale and 15-metre length of the two-storey side extension is excessively dominant and would seriously injure the visual amenities of the area.
- The development appears to relate to an existing rear extension that exceeds 40sq.m and lacks planning permission, making a grant of permission for its further extension inappropriate.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Zoning Objective ASection 12.3.7.1 (Extensions to dwellings)Extensions to Front policyExtensions to Rear policyExtensions to Side policy
Decision Document Summary
This case concerns a first-party appeal at 53 Lower Churchtown Road, Dublin 14, following a grant of permission by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council that included highly restrictive conditions (notably Condition 2). The proposal involves a significant extension to an end-of-terrace house including front, side, and rear elements with a basement. The Inspector opted for a de novo assessment, concluding that the front extension's breach of the building line and the side extension's 15-metre mas...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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